Chris Moran, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures.

Interview

January 10, 2025

US aerospace and defence giant Lockheed Martin plans to invest more in European startups

The VC arm of the big defence prime has made several investments in Europe, including into British VC Amadeus Capital Partners

Anne Sraders

3 min read

Defence tech has long been a bigger industry in the US than in Europe — but since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European investors and founders have been keen to create and back startups in the region. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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